Harry O'Shea

Harry O'Shea
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Warrego
In office
30 August 1941 – 4 November 1950
Preceded by Randolph Bedford
Succeeded by John Dufficy
Personal details
Born 1886
Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Died 4 November 1950 (aged 64)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Resting place Toowong Cemetery
Political party Labour Party
Spouse(s) Catherine Ness (m.1912 d.1920), Josephine Mary Vaughan (m.1931), Anne Brennan (m.1939 d.1987)
Occupation Labourer
Religion Roman Catholic

Harry O'Shea (1886 – 4 November 1950) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.[1]

Biography

O'Shea was born in Coonamble, New South Wales, the son of Michael O'Shea and his wife Mary Ann (née White). He was educated in Coonamble and after he arrived in Queensland in 1935 took up work with the Queensland Railways as a general labourer. He was also a director of The Worker, the Labor Party newspaper.

O'Shea was married three times, firstly to Catherine Ness whom he married in Coonamble and together had three sons and a daughter. Catherine died in 1920 and in 1931 he married Josephine Mary Vaughan . His final marriage was to Anne Brennan (died 1987) in 1939 and together had a daughter. He died in Brisbane in November 1950[1] after a long illness and his funeral proceeded from St Stephen's Cathedral to the Toowong Cemetery.[2]

Public career

Following the death of Randolph Bedford, the member for Warrego in July 1941, O'Shea won the subsequent by-election for the Labor Party.[3] He went on to represent the electorate until his own death in November 1950.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Former Members". Parliament of Queensland. 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Family Notices". The Courier-mail (4352). Queensland, Australia. 7 November 1950. p. 16. Retrieved 19 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Labour Ahead In Warrego". Sunday Mail (593). Queensland, Australia. 31 August 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 19 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Death of M.L.A.". Sunday Mail (1571). Queensland, Australia. 5 November 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 19 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by
Randolph Bedford		 Member for Warrego
1941–1950 		Succeeded by
John Dufficy
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